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Top 25 Specialty chocolate manufacturers based in the United Kingdom

RevenueBase identified 356 specialty chocolate manufacturers headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 4,266 professional contacts across them, including 880 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers specialty chocolate manufacturers headquartered in the United Kingdom, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 18, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

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356Companies
4,266Contacts tracked
880Verified emails
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The 25 largest specialty chocolate manufacturers based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 356 specialty chocolate manufacturers based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 18, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to specialty chocolate manufacturers: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Partial evidenceRoyston, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 20261,001-5,0001,429 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Luxury British cacao grower and chocolatier Hotel Chocolat was founded to make people happy through chocolate!”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
2Partial evidenceDerby, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 20261,001-5,000536 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Here at Thorntons, we’ve been crafting chocolate for over 100 years.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
3Indirect evidenceFakenham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 2026501-1,000230 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Kinnerton is far from your typical brand.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
4Strong evidenceTelford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 20261,001-5,000142 contacts →

Strong evidence

“We’re the UK’s leading co-manufacturer for global chocolate confectionery brands, producing in excess of tons of chocolate products annually.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
5Partial evidenceBirmingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 2026201-50055 contacts →

Partial evidence

“At Walkers Chocolates we are proud that we have almost 60 years dedicated experience in chocolate and confectionery manufacturing.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
6Partial evidenceKent, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202651-20054 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Rhokett is a premium quality, bespoke dessert manufacturer based in Kent.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
7Partial evidenceChichester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202651-20043 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Montezuma's was founded in with only a kitchen sink sized machine, huge enthusiasm, spades of naivety and most importantly, a broad ideal to bring chocolate innovation to a boring…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
8Partial evidenceAshford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202651-20037 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Artisan du chocolat is celebrated as one of the finest luxury chocolatiers in the UK with a growing reputation worldwide.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
9Strong evidenceCarluke, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202651-20036 contacts →

Strong evidence

“R&W Scott: Ingredients for Indulgent Treats Since 1873 R&W Scott is a UK-based manufacturer specialising in chocolate flavour coatings, confectionery fillings, speciality icings…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
10Indirect evidenceLeeds, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202611-5034 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
11Indirect evidenceKent, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202611-5030 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Life is too short not to have the best.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
12Partial evidenceWareham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202651-20029 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Indie artisan Dorset-based chocolate company established by Claire & Andy Burnet & winners of over 120 fine food awards since 2002, including 138 Great Taste Awards, plus multiple…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
13Partial evidenceSheffield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202611-5027 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Keylink is the supplier for everyone working with chocolate, based in the United Kingdom.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
14Partial evidenceNorwich, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202611-5027 contacts →

Partial evidence

“A life with sustainable chocolate is a better life worth living” Inspired to do the right thing for the environment and its customers, GNAW Chocolate is on a mission to produce…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
15Strong evidencePolegate, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202651-20025 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Britannia Superfine is today one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of chocolate products, fondants, sugar and chocolate based ingredients.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
16Partial evidenceArbroath, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202651-20024 contacts →

Partial evidence

“MacIntyre Chocolate Systems, located in Scotland, is a worldwide supplier of chocolate manufacturing and processing equipment.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
17Indirect evidenceSkipton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202651-20022 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Est.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
18Indirect evidenceLyminge, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202651-20021 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Since 1983, Fudge Kitchen has been redefining artisan confectionery.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
19Partial evidenceShirebrook, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202611-5021 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Premier Chocolate is a U.K.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
20Partial evidenceSkegness, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202651-20019 contacts →

Partial evidence

“HAMES CHOCOLATES LIMITED have been making chocolate for business since 2005.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
21Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202611-5018 contacts →

Partial evidence

“A British family run chocolate company, farming, crafting, and delivering fine-flavour chocolate with award-winning TASTE, Hot Chocolates with TEXTURE and unrivalled TRACEABILITY.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
22Partial evidenceSkelmersdale, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202611-5016 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The sourcing and distribution specialists, helping customers achieve beyond what they thought possible.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
23Partial evidenceBlandford Forum, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202651-20015 contacts →

Partial evidence

“House of Sarunds is an independently owned and managed business offering the largest collection of competitively priced premium British and Belgian chocolate and confectionery…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
24Indirect evidenceNottingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202611-5014 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Progressive innovators in the world of packaged confectionery and gifting.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
25Partial evidenceBrighton & Hove, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202651-20013 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Audrey’s Chocolates, the oldest chocolatier in Brighton and Hove, has been enchanting customers with its handcrafted creations since 1948.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026

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Specialty chocolate manufacturers based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 18, 2026
20.6%Verified-email coverage
12.0Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
15.4%Largest-city concentration · London
Sep 18, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
245
11-50
68
51-200
28
201-500
3
501-1,000
1
1,001-5,000
4

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 356 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among specialty chocolate manufacturers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “specialty chocolate manufacturers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names specialty chocolate manufacturers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among specialty chocolate manufacturers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 880 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 18, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Specialty chocolate manufacturers by metro

  • Specialty chocolate manufacturers in London55

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names specialty chocolate manufacturers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many specialty chocolate manufacturers are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 356 specialty chocolate manufacturers headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Hotel Chocolat, headquartered in Royston, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most specialty chocolate manufacturers?

London leads with 55 headquartered companies, followed by Nottingham (7) and Leeds (6).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 880 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 356 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 18, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.